Sandybridge released (vast) and reviewed

[Mohiuddin]

Muhahahaha...intel is now rocking.

I5 2500k price 216buck.
I7 2600k price 317buck.

Those heading for high-mid range pc. Take a halt.wait for them.

Sandys r simply great.in one word , i5 2500k is ~i7 870 almost with multipliar unlocked..
and in some game(amd r bad at this) i7 2600k is almost 2x of amd phenom 2 x6 1100t @3.7.

See the review.

1.New ring bus communication(was used in netburst family like early pentium family, again introduced in sandys') allow all L3 Cache be used by each core and 256-bit data transfer in between...
2.new avx instruction, just like amd's sse 5.in word, i5 2500k with avx is more powerful than i7 2600k(avx disabled)+gtx580 with 512 CUDA enabled.
3.new L0 cache.

If any thing wrong, plz feel free to correct me.

[avas911]

Anandtech review...

Look at the cooler man.....

[BEIL.Mantis]

AMD Phenom II X6 decimated by Sandy Bridge...

[Uchiha Obito]

AVX is the awesomest feature I have ever seen .

[Dee]

Great!
And the cooler looks great too! What about its performance?

[Mohiuddin]

Great!
And the cooler looks great too! What about its performance?

bro, review dekho,ke arskick ta dise amd phenom older i7,i5 s.
Ar, oc?..stock cooler e 4.3ghz e nise .aro nite parbe.valo air cooling a 5.0 ghz o hit korte pare.shobchie valo news holo increased performance per core.as games are totally responsive to per core strength ,it is good news for us.

[Dee]

bro, review dekho,ke arskick ta dise amd phenom older i7,i5 s.
Ar, oc?..stock cooler e 4.3ghz e nise .aro nite parbe.valo air cooling a 5.0 ghz o hit korte pare.shobchie valo news holo increased performance per core.as games are totally responsive to per core strength ,it is good news for us.

Yea it really is.

[BEIL.Mantis]

Check out the excellent review of Sandy Bridge :

http://techreport.com/articles.x/20188

[avas911]

Mobile Sandy Bridge review by anadtech...http://www.anandtech.com/print/4084

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Desktop list...



There is no point going for the normal ones....Unlocked edition denoted by "K" at the end of the name are awesome...

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P and H 6x series chipsets...



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The biggest plus....all 6x series boards will have UEFI....no BIOS...

ASUS sent over a couple of its 6-series motherboards which boast a custom skinned UEFI implementation. You get all of the functionality of a traditional BIOS but with a GUI, and yes, there’s full mouse support.

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And some bad news...

LGA-2011 Coming in Q4

One side effect of Intel’s tick-tock cadence is a staggered release update schedule for various market segments. For example, Nehalem’s release in Q4 2008 took care of the high-end desktop market, however it didn’t see an update until the beginning of 2010 with Gulftown. Similarly, while Lynnfield debuted in Q3 2009 it was left out of the 32nm refresh in early 2010. Sandy Bridge is essentially that 32nm update to Lynnfield.

So where does that leave Nehalem and Gulftown owners? For the most part, the X58 platform is a dead end. While there are some niche benefits (more PCIe lanes, more memory bandwidth, 6-core support), the majority of users would be better served by Sandy Bridge on LGA-1155.

For the users who need those benefits however, there is a version of Sandy Bridge for you. It’s codenamed Sandy Bridge-E and it’ll debut in Q4 2011. The chips will be available in both 4 and 6 core versions with a large L3 cache (Intel isn’t being specific at this point).

SNB-E will get the ring bus, on-die PCIe and all of the other features of the LGA-1155 Sandy Bridge processors, but it won’t have an integrated GPU. While current SNB parts top out at 95W TDP, SNB-E will run all the way up to 130W—similar to existing LGA-1336 parts.

The new high-end platform will require a new socket and motherboard (LGA-2011). Expect CPU prices to start off at around the $294 level of the new i7-2600 and run all the way up to $999.

[W1C|<3D]

Awesome news... Intel FTW

[Frank3nst3in]

Imba overclocking !!!!

[GiDDY_SOUL]

AMD always try to keep backward compatibility. Intel Never does that!.. you will need an expensive motherboard to upgrade again :/

lets wait till the benchmarks with AMD bulldozer! and see who wins.

[Frank3nst3in]

AMD always try to keep backward compatibility. Intel Never does that!.. you will need an expensive motherboard to upgrade again :/

lets wait till the benchmarks with AMD bulldozer! and see who wins.

Bro you talking to me??
I'm not that hardcore gamer and upgrading again?!?!
That dream is outta my mind for at least 3 years whatever happens

[BEIL.Mantis]

AMD always try to keep backward compatibility. Intel Never does that!.. you will need an expensive motherboard to upgrade again :/

lets wait till the benchmarks with AMD bulldozer! and see who wins.

Bulldozer is coming in July-August 2011. Sandy Bridge is already here. Socket-1155 will last for two years. IVY bridge(22nm die shrink) will also be LGA-1155.

[Dee]

I'm waiting for Bulldozer!

[Frank3nst3in]

BULLDOZER is gonna be one hell of a BULLDOZER!!! :-|

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A little review of Sandy Bridge-







Intel BXXTS100H CPU Cooler with Sandy Bridge -



Power Consumption-



You'll find some more benchmarks and reviews here-
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1501/1/